The Forgotten Highlanders Scots as prisoners of the Japanese in WW2

The Forgotten Highlanders Scots as prisoners of the Japanese in WW2

By Royal Scots Club

The story of the Scots as prisoners of the Japanese in WW2 is recounted by Scottish journalist and publisher, Graham Ogilvy.

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The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

29-31 Abercromby Place Edinburgh EH3 6QE United Kingdom

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  • 1 hour, 30 minutes
  • ALL AGES
  • In person
  • Paid venue parking
  • Doors at 6:30 PM

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About this event

Around 20,000 Scots were captured by the Japanese in the Far East - around a third died in appalling circumstances of disease, starvation and ill-treatment.

Graham Ogilvy worked with two veterans on their memoirs of suffering and courage - Alistair Urquhart's story 'The Forgotten Highlander', a memoir of slavery on the Death Railway became a Sunday Times No 1 bestseller. Andy Coogan's story of suffering and slavery in a copper mine in Taiwan presents a very different experience in 'Tomorrow You Die'.

Graham presents an overview of the disastrous Far East campaign and uses the experiences of the Urquhart, Coogan and others to highlight the ordeal of the prisoners who were later met with official indifference upon their return home.

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Sep 29 · 7:00 PM GMT+1